Excerpt: A sound shaped itself in Will’s throat — not speech, only proof, surprising even to him, that he still had a voice. Kit’s hand fastened at the back of his neck, fingers tangling in the curls of his hair, nails passing lightly over soft, vulnerable skin. “Don’t,” he said, “compose poetry now.” He was […]
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Many Midsummer Updates
Lots of news, for all I’m feeling quiet. I always go into something of a lull in late June and early July. Maybe it’s the heat (although here near the Great Lakes we’ve been much luckier than a lot of people temperature-wise). Maybe it’s the grief-iversary at the end of June. Or my birthday earlier […]
Continue Reading....Shakeslowe
That is, apparently, the ship name for William Shakespeare (of Sonnet 20 fame) and Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (of “all they who love not tobacco and boys are fools” fame). Aside from them both being quite possibly, in the modern sense, queer men, and boundary-breaking playwrights both working in London in the early 1590s, very close […]
Continue Reading....Those Linguists sure are Cunning
And Cunning Linguists is up for preorder! The New Smut Project’s 4th anthology contains 30 tales of language, literature, and lechery and comes out May 18. It’s now available for preorder on Gumroad–do check the product descriptions for both the paperback and ebook editions, as they include discount codes to use with your preorder!–and elsewhere. […]
Continue Reading....Cunning Linguists’s Table of Contents and Pre-Orders Up!
I’m thrilled to at last share the list of authors and stories I’ve been editing for the New Smut Project’s fourth anthology, Cunning Linguists. Language. Literature. Lechery. Thirty authors, including Rachel Kramer Bussel, Sonni de Soto, Kristan X, and Good Sex Award honorees D. Fostalove and jem zero, share clever, sensual stories of the many […]
Continue Reading....Proud Editor Moment – the Good Sex Awards
I texted my sister last night, “Just had a panel of like 25 sexperts agree with my editorial decisions twice. (Two stories from Erato are Good Sex Award finalists.) Feels great!” And it does. I’m actually not sure of the number of sexperts involved–the Good Sex Awards has an awe-inspiring list of judges, some of […]
Continue Reading....New anthology call for language, literature, and lechery
Cunning Linguists will collect 20 to 30 pieces of diverse, feminist, body-positive erotica exploring the seductive potential of: Literature— Reading a sexy story to yourself, or to a lover. Writing a sexy story for yourself, or for a lover, or for a friend. Reading a story that wasn’t intended to be sexy but, well, it […]
Continue Reading....In which I talk about ebook pricing
Opening announcement related to the subject of this post: Smashwords’s annual Read an Ebook sale runs March 7-March 13, 2021. You can check out all the books included in the sale here. And you can check out which of my books are available here–including several that are free this week. You’ll note that no New […]
Continue Reading....Smart, seductive, short: Erato comes out tomorrow
The New Smut Project’s third anthology of literary erotica is released October 24, 2020. Each individual story is short (6 pages or less), but with fifty of them, there’s quite a lot of erotic adventure within. Explore Paleolithic caves and far-flung planets, seduced with magic, mythology, and dreams while wryly acknowledging the reality that sometimes sex […]
Continue Reading....Table of Contents Erato: Flash Fiction
It’s exciting to announce the 50 authors included in the New Smut Project’s first volume of flash fiction, Erato: Anything for the Mission by Gerri Leen Eleven Buttons by Jaye Raymee Touch by D. Fostalove The Inherent Eroticism of Cave Painters by Tiana Talaria Smooth Sailor by HD Synchron by Evadare Volney Snowblind by Jordan Castillo […]
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